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The NTAA Submitted Comments on EPA’s Transparency in Science SNPRM
The NTAA submitted a comment letter on EPA’s Transparency in Science supplemental proposal on May 18, 2020. You can view the letter here, as well as access all of NTAA’s Policy Resource Kits here. Also, the following article highlights other responses to this proposal: Inside Climate News – EPA’s ‘Secret Science’ Rule Meets with an Outpouring of Protest on Last Day for Public Comment
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Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
NPR – Traffic Is Way Down Because Of Lockdown, But Air Pollution? Not So Much
The Hill – EPA effort to limit guidance could undermine past administration policy
The Hill – Trump orders agencies to cut regulations that ‘inhibit economic recovery’
Reuters – In Brief: 9th Circuit won’t stay ruling canceling Keystone XL pipeline permit
PBS – Keystone pipeline project proceeds amidst COVID-19 pandemic
The Hill – House Democrats seek to codify environmental inequality mapping tool
Earther – ‘I’m Scared’: Study Links Cancer Alley Air Pollution to Higher Death Rates From Covid-19
Yes Magazine – What’s in a Social Justice Diet?
Washington Post – The Energy 202: Public hearings on Zoom have Native Americans worried they won’t be heard on oil projects
The Guardian – Canada: Wet’suwet’en sign historic deal to negotiate land rights
Reuters – Judge tosses CERCLA lawsuit against U.S. Steel over coke plant emissions
Heated – A deadly re-opening. The Grand Canyon is re-opening, apparently without informing visitors of the Navajo Nation’s strict lockdown.
Reuters – Court rules U.S. environment agency must protect states from upwind air pollution
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
Al Jazeera – A moment of reckoning – when coronavirus meets climate change
Reuters – Trump admin slaps solar, wind operators with retroactive rent bills
The Guardian – Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts
Wyoming Public Media – Employment, Revenue Threatened With “Multi-Year Low” Natural Gas Pricing
NY Times – Natural Gas Exports Slow as Pandemic Reduces Global Demand
Axios – The post-coronavirus greenhouse gas emissions bounce back
Mother Jones – There’s a Lot Less Pollution But Climate Change Is Still Getting Worse
Time – As the Rest of the World Plans a Green Recovery, America Is Once Again Falling Behind
Earther – Looming Landslide in Alaska Could Trigger Enormous Tsunami at Any Moment, Scientists Warn
NY Times – In the Shadows of America’s Smokestacks, Virus Is One More Deadly Risk
Toxics/Mobile Sources
Washington Post – EPA staff warned that mileage rollbacks had flaws. Trump officials ignored them.
Bloomberg Law – California Sues EPA, Highway Agency Over Emissions Waiver
The Guardian – Is the Covid-19 crisis the catalyst for greening the world’s airlines?
E&E News – Justices reject renewable fuel standard, NEPA disputes
Bloomberg Law – Round-the-Clock Cremations Stoke Mercury Fears for Neighborhoods
Utility Dive – Energy storage poised to tackle grid challenges from rising EVs as mobile chargers bring new flexibility
NY Times – The Pandemic Will Permanently Change the Auto Industry
Grist – Will social distancing kill car-free culture?
Reuters – Exclusive: Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid
Indoor Air Quality
E&E News – EPA packs ‘economic relief’ for industry into stove rule
American Council on Science and Health – Air Pollution And COVID-19: Stay In Or Get Out?
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